Dior jewelry designer Victoire de Castellane

I first became aware of Victoire de Castellane's amazing jewelry when I saw Katie Grand wearing a set of Dior flower rings made from bright and flourescent colored enamel and gems.  I thought they were incredible, I'd never seen anything quite like them.

Victoire de Castellane was Chanel's costume jewelry designer for fourteen years working with Karl Lagerfeld "It was an incredible experience.  I learnt that it's important to have your own personality, to be yourself, not to be serious.  Working at Chanel was fun.  I was very happy and Karl showed me how to create with total freedom".  Victoire was seduced away from Chanel by the President of LVMH by Bernard Arnault and became the designer and Creative Director for Dior's new Fine Jewelry department in 1999.  They allowed her to create her own daring and dramatic style that shook up the staid Place Vendome.

Born into an aristocratic Parisian family, Victoire's first experience with making jewelry was when she dismantled her Grandmother's (Sylvia Hennessy from the Cognac family) priceless charm bracelet and made it into a pair of earrings, much to her mother's horror.  Her grandmother's best friend was heiress Barbara Hutton and the two women's love for enormous gems began Victoire's lifelong passion for jewelry.

Victoire is inspired by the exuberance of technicolour, using the finest quality enamel with gems and semi precious stones like amethyst, citrine, tourmaline, periodots, beryl and aquamarine combined with hard stones (onyx and coral) and couture satin and velvet.  "I prefer huge colored stones instead of diamonds.  And I like to wear and design things that look fake; like costume jewelry, but real."

What are the fascinating architecture but also the imaginary enrolled in a small volume. Figurative side, we have the eyes to Chimene creations signed Victoire de Castellane at Dior. The creator of the entire cluster jewelry and jewelry continues to invent fantastic stories. His taste and talent for setting volume allow several levels of reading. 

It resembles a gri-gri familiar as this snake scales rubies. He darts his head gently and languidly around a sapphire 60 or 80 carat ring Gracious Collection Incredibles and Wonderful. Gracious but certainly most impressive! On the Set of Victory, another collection another mind coiled shells, flowers, frogs, seahorses, climb all their sapphires to attack creations to vigorous tones.

Again, nothing but a cruel world where fun Victoire de Castellane marries wonderfully with turquoise and crimson, skies and green neon. How does she create these improbable harmonies without any dissonance? Mystery. His impressive effects on the miniature world of fauna and flora are remarkable pieces and very endearing.

The jewelry that glittered down the Christian Dior Fall runway was fit for royalty - just look at the size of those gems! Dior fine jewelry designer Victoire de Castellane has some serious talent - what I wouldn't give to have a piece of her work. Someday maybe, but until then, there's a cheaper solution; I can get the same style of costume jewelry for a much more affordable price!